page_title: Givat Mordechai
section_title: Landmarks
hierarchical_section_title: Givat Mordechai / Landmarks
caption_attribution_description: עברית: ישיבת חברון גבעת מרדכי
context_page_description: Givat Mordechai, is a Jewish neighborhood in southwest-central Jerusalem, midway between the neighborhoods of Nayot and Malcha. The neighborhood was named after an American philanthropist, Maxwell Abbell of Chicago.
context_section_description: The Jerusalem Fire Brigade is headquartered in Givat Mordechai. 
  Ezra Orion's outdoor sculpture "Stairway" (1979-1980) is located at the entrance to Givat Mordechai in the Elsie Bernadette Garden. It is widely known as "Sulam Yaakov," or "Jacob's Ladder", referencing the story in Book of Genesis (28:11–19). The steps face down so as to discourage the unwise from climbing it.
  Givat Mordechai abuts the Pri-Har valley (Gazelle Valley), a large expanse of open fields that is home to a herd of mountain gazelles and other wildlife. Plans to build residential towers here triggered an outcry from environmentalists and local residents, who managed to block the project. Instead, the area is slated to become a park and a nature reserve.
  Rabbi Yehuda Amital, head of Yeshivat Har Etzion
  Zevulun Orlev, Israeli MK and former minister
caption: Hebron Yeshiva, Givat Mordechai
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